Partners

• ACON (NSW’s leading GLBT health promotion agency)
• ACON's Lesbian and Gay Anti-Violence Project
• Amnesty International Australia NSW LGBTQ Network
• Anti-Violence Project of Victoria
• City of Sydney
• Diversity Council Australia
• The Gender Centre
• Highschoolers Against Homophobia
• Metropolitan Community Church Sydney
• National LGBT Health Alliance
• NSW Attorney General’s Department
• NSW Gay and Lesbian Rights Lobby
• NSW Police Force
• NSW Young Lawyers Human Rights Committee (Same-Sex and Anti-Discrimination Working Groups)
• Twenty10

Faces of US

This Is Oz was inspired by FACES OF US, a project initiated in the USA by Brendan Davis:

"The idea for FACES OF US came along when I saw what I thought was a lack of comprehensive education about LGBT rights issues and the people that are affected by them. Proposition 8 had just passed in California and the entire country was in an uproar about marriage equality in that state. It was wonderful to see people out in the streets protesting Proposition 8, but I wanted to know why we weren’t discussing marriage equality and other LGBT issues on a federal level.

The fact that an International Day Against Homophobia exists proves that we need to look beyond the borders of our own states and our own countries and address these issues worldwide. It’s an honor to have this project be a part of an event happening in Australia and I hope that it will work well to open some eyes."
Brendan Davis